Use Your Home Theater; Access The Home Menu; Discs - Philips home theater User Manual

5 Use your home
theater
This section helps you use the home theater to
play media from a wide range of sources.
Before you start
• Make the necessary connections described
in the quick start guide and the user
manual.
• Complete the first-time setup. First-time
setup appears when you turn on your
home theater for the first time or if you do
not complete the setup.
• Switch the TV to the correct source for
your home theater (for example, HDMI,
AV IN).

Access the home menu

The home menu provides easy access to
connected devices, setup and other useful
features in your home theater.
1
Press (Home).
» The home menu is displayed.
2
Press the Navigation buttons and OK to
select the following:
• [play Disc]: Start disc play.
• [browse USB]: Access the USB
content browser
• [browse iPod]: Access the iPod or
iPhone content browser.
[Smart TV]: Access Smart TV.
•
[Internet Radio]: Access Internet radio
•
through your home theater.
[FM Radio]: Access FM radio.
•
[browse PC]: Access the computer
•
content browser.
• [Video call]: Access Skype (not
available to HTB7250D).
• [Setup]: Access menus to change video,
audio and other settings.
• [Help]: Access onscreen user manual.
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Press (Home) to exit.

Discs

Your home theater can play DVDs, VCDs, CDs,
and Blu-ray discs. It can also play discs that
you've made at home, such as CD-R discs of
photos, videos, and music.
1
Insert a disc into the home theater.
2
If the disc does not play automatically, press
DISC or select [play Disc] from the home
menu.
3
Use the remote control to control play
(see 'Play buttons' on page 16).
• It is normal to hear a little noise when
you play a Blu-ray disc. This does not
mean that your home theater is faulty.
Play buttons
Button Action
Navigation
Navigate menus.
buttons Up/Down: Rotate the picture
clockwise or counter-clockwise.
OK
Confirm an entry or selection.
(Play) Start or resume play.
Pause play.
Stop play.
Press and hold for three seconds
to eject a disc.
/ Skip to the previous or next track,
chapter or file.
/ Search fast backwards or forward.
When a video is paused, search
slow backwards or forward.
SUBTITLE Select subtitle language for video.
DISC/ Access or exit the disc menu.
POP-UP
MENU
Button Action
Access the advanced options
OPTIONS when you play your audio, video,
or media files (see 'Audio, video,
and picture options' on page 20).
Synchronize picture and sound
If the audio and video are not synchronized,
delay the audio to match the video.
1
SOUND SETTINGS.
Press
2
Select AUD SYNC, and then press OK.
3
Press the Navigation buttons (up/down)
to synchronize the audio with the video.
4
Press OK to confirm.
Play Blu-ray 3D disc
Your home theater can play Blu-ray 3D video.
Read the 3D health warning before playing a
3D disc.
What you need
• A 3D TV
• A pair of 3D glasses that are compatible
with your 3D TV
• A 3D Blu-ray video
• A high speed HDMI cable
1
Using the high speed HDMI cable, connect
your home theater to a 3D compatible TV.
2
Make sure that the 3D video setting is
(Home), select [Setup] >
enabled. Press
[Video] > [Watch 3D video] > [Auto].
• To play 3D discs in 2D mode, select
[Off].
3
Play a Blu-ray 3D disc and put on the 3D
glasses.
• During video search and in certain play
modes, the video is displayed in 2D.
The video display returns to 3D when
you resume play.
Note
•
To avoid flickering, change the brightness of the display.
Bonus View on Blu-ray
On Blu-ray discs that support the Bonus View,
enjoy extra content such as commentaries in a
small screen window. Bonus View is also known
as picture-in-picture.
1
Enable Bonus View in the Blu-ray disc
menu.
2
While you play the movie, press
OPTIONS.
» The options menu is displayed.
3
Select [PIP selection] > [PIP].
• Depending on the video, PIP menu [1]
or [2] is displayed.
• To disable Bonus View, select [Off].
4
Select [2nd audio language] or [2nd
Subtitle Language].
5
Select the language, and then press OK.
BD-Live on Blu-ray
Access additional features on the Blu-ray discs
with BD-Live content, such as internet chats
with the director, the latest movie trailers,
games, wallpaper, and ringtones.
BD-Live services and content vary from disc to
disc.
What you need
• Blu-ray disc with BD-Live content
• a USB storage device, with at least 1 GB of
memory
1
Connect your home theater to a home
network with Internet access (see
'Connect and set up a home network' on
page 13).
2
Connect a USB storage device to the USB
connector at the side panel of your home
theater.
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